The best thing about being the 2015 Junior Dragster Points Champion for Bienfait’s Megan Wilson is that her older sister Ashley came in the runner-up.
“I’ll be working for it again next year,” said Ashley, 15. “It was my plan this year, but she got it and I’m proud of her. I’ll try for it again next year.”
Megan, 12, secured the top spot in the Junior Dragster points standings Sept. 19 in her last race of the season at the Wilson’s home track Magic City International Dragway in Minot, North Dakota. She was awarded with the trophy a day later due to her two first place wins, one second place and Ironman race wins this summer.
Megan said this is the best finish she’s had in her four years of racing and the secret to her success came down to hitting "the gas pedal as hard as you can.”
Both girls are members of the Wilson drag racing family, which also includes older sister Amanda and father Dean. Ashley, like Amanda and Dean, has been competing in the sport for the past six years.
“We have four cars,” said Ashley. “We (her and Megan) race the two juniors. My older sister races a dragster and my dad races the door car. They’re our cars and we work on them throughout the season to get them ready.”
Ashley said the hobby is a bit of work, but everyone with “Dean and Daughters Racing”, as the group is known, is happy to do it.
“It’s really fun and it’s a family thing we do together,” she said. “We all go have fun at the track and race and do our best.”
